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FILE - Colorado State Sen. Julie Gonzales, third from left, takes a photo of state Rep. Brianna Titone, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis and state Rep. Meg Froelich and others before Polis signed the first of three bills that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications, April 14, 2023, in the State Capitol in Denver. Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski,File)

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

Abortion rights ballot initiatives will go before Colorado and South Dakota voters this November. South Dakota’s secretary of state’s office on Thursday said that about 85% of the more than 55,000 signatures submitted in support of the ballot initiative were valid, exceeding the required number of s
 
FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, Feb. 23, 2024, in Oxon Hill, Md. Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by another South Dakota tribe

 
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., May 1, 2024. Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an affair he denies. But another spectacle is playing out as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full display over the weekend at a fundraiser at his Mar—a-Lago club that doubled as a VP audition. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts

 
FILE - Marijuana legalization opponents meet in a Sioux Falls, S.D. on Oct. 7, 2022 to hear a presentation on the dangers of pot use and strategize how to convince their friends and neighbors not to pass legalization a second time. Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana, a mission with a rocky history in South Dakota, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)

Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota

 
FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, Feb. 23, 2024, in Oxon Hill, Md. Noem claims in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress, but her office has said the publisher will be addressing “conflated" names in the book as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor's life story. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

South Dakota Gov. Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new book

 

Politicians and dog experts vilify South Dakota governor after she writes about killing her dog

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been under scrutiny after she wrote in her new book about killing a rambunctious puppy. The story and the vilification she received on social media has some observers wondering if she’s still a viable potential running mate for Donald Trump.
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Buffalo roundup draws crowd to South Dakota’s Custer State Park

Buffalo roundup draws crowd to South Dakota’s Custer State Park

Clergy train to prevent farmers’ suicides

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‘Top two’ primary election measure makes South Dakota’s November ballot

Voters in South Dakota this fall will decide whether to replace their partisan primary election system with contests that are open to all, regardless of party affiliation.
 

Hometown of Laura Ingalls Wilder set for a growth spurt

A rural South Dakota county known mainly as the former home of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder is on the precipice of rapid growth as two record-setting agricultural processing plants are proposed for the area.
 

Signatures submitted for ‘top two’ primary election in Republican-dominant South Dakota

Supporters of a “top two” primary election system in South Dakota submitted petitions with 47,000 signatures on Monday to put their measure on the November ballot.
 

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot

Supporters of an abortion rights initiative in South Dakota have submitted far more signatures than required to make the ballot this fall.
 
FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too. She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything "difficult, messy and ugly." (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

Politicians and dog experts vilify South Dakota governor after she writes about killing her dog

Politicians and dog experts are criticizing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she wrote in a new book about killing a rambunctious puppy.
 

Two more people sentenced for carjacking and kidnapping an FBI employee in South Dakota

The last two members of a trio who carjacked and kidnapped an FBI employee in South Dakota in 2022 have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences.
 
FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too. She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything "difficult, messy and ugly." (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is getting attention again.
 

Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach

Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius is returning to her alma mater to take over for Kevin Borseth. Borseth retired two weeks ago after winning 821 games in a 37-year head coaching career.
 

South Dakota man sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison for his baby son’s 2021 death

A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison for the killing of his infant son in 2021.
 

Minnesota toddler dies after fall from South Dakota hotel window

A Minnesota toddler has died after falling from a third-floor window at a hotel in South Dakota. The parents of 1-year-old Madden Hein posted on Facebook that their son died Monday, two days after falling at Club House Hotel & Suites in Sioux Falls.
 

Homicide suspect kills himself after fleeing through 3 states, authorities say

Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in South Dakota, and the suspect fleeing through Wyoming before killing himself in Colorado.
 
FILE - Supporters of Florida Voice For The Unborn demonstrate outside the fourth floor as legislators work on property insurance bills, May 24, 2022, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday, April 1, 2024, that a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution can go before voters in November. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S.
 

Crews encircle wildfire on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota

A wildfire has burned about 750 acres of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Officials said Tuesday that crews have encircled much of the fire and it no longer is growing.
 
FILE - This October 2018 photo shows Oglala Sioux President Julian Bear Runner when he was running for tribal president. A jury on Thursday, April 4, 2024, convicted the former tribal leader in South Dakota of defrauding his tribe out of thousands of dollars. (Ryan Hermans/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

Former tribal leader in South Dakota convicted of defrauding tribe

A jury has convicted a former tribal leader in South Dakota of defrauding his tribe to enrich himself.
 
FILE - Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out stands outside the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Rapid City, S.D., Feb. 8, 2023. Tribal leaders in South Dakota, including Star Comes Out, have denounced Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s comments in which she accused them of keeping her from helping impoverished children on reservations and benefiting from Mexican drug cartels she’s said are operating on tribal lands. (Kalle Benallie/Indian Country Today via AP, File)

Tribes blast South Dakota governor’s claim that leaders are benefitting from drug cartels

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing criticism from tribal leaders. It’s the latest in what has been a history of strained relations between the Republican governor and the tribes in South Dakota.
 
FILE - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court, April 17, 2018, in Washington. South Dakota officials, including Jackley, said Thursday, March 28, 2024, that they will investigate a “disturbance” at a state prison in Sioux Falls that they say resulted in at least one officer getting assaulted the day before. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

South Dakota officials to investigate state prison ‘disturbance’ in Sioux Falls

South Dakota officials say they are investigating a “disturbance” at a state prison in Sioux Falls that resulted in at least one officer getting assaulted and going to a hospital.
 
FILE - Nancy Herman holds a reward poster for information about the death of her friend Meshell Will, in Cluster, S.D., on Aug. 22. 2017. A South Dakota man has been sentenced, Friday, March 22, 2024, to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in the 2013 death of his girlfriend, Meshell Will,(Chris Huber/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

South Dakota man sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter in 2013 death of girlfriend

A South Dakota man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in the 2013 death of his girlfriend.
 
FILE - South Dakota Republican Rep. Jon Hansen poses in the House of Representatives in the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Hansen sponsored a bill Gov. Kristi Noem signed on Friday, March 15, 2024, that allows signers of initiative petitions to withdraw their signatures. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

A new front opens over South Dakota ballot initiatives: withdrawing signatures from petitions

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill allowing signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures.
 
FILE - JD Prorok stands with his mom Renee Prorok for the three volley salute for Chief Deputy Ken Prorok on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Madison, S.D.. Moody County Chief Deputy Ken Prorok died in the line of duty during a vehicle chase. South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in Deputy Prorok's death who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase. (Samatha Laurey/The Argus Leader via AP)

South Dakota prosecutors to seek death penalty for man charged with killing deputy during a pursuit

South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase.
 
FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem speaks on July 16, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, South Dakota state Sen. Reynold Nesiba, a Democrat, called for an inquiry into Noem's trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the doctors for giving her "a smile I can be proud of and confident in.” (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

South Dakota legislator calls for inquiry into Gov. Noem’s Texas dental trip and promo video

A Democratic legislator is calling for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the dental office.
 
FILE- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Noem posted an infomercial-style video on X Monday, March 11, 2024, lavishing praise on a team of cosmetic dentists outside her state for giving her a smile she said she can be proud of. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

South Dakota gov. promotes work on her teeth by Texas dentist in infomercial-style social media post

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has posted an infomercial-style video on X lavishing praise on a team of dentists outside of her state that she says gave her a smile that she can be proud of.
 

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles play in Summit League Tournament against the South Dakota Coyotes

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles play in the Summit League Tournament against the South Dakota Coyotes.
 
From left, South Dakota House Speaker Hugh Bartels, Republican House Majority Leader Will Mortenson, Republican Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree and Republican Sen. Jean Hunhoff appear at a press conference, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The South Dakota Legislature largely wrapped up its session on Thursday, March 7, but lawmakers will be back in Pierre on Monday, March 25, to consider overriding any vetoes and to officially adjourn. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

South Dakota Legislature ends session but draws division over upcoming abortion rights initiative

South Dakota’s legislative session is all but over. Lawmakers passed a $7.3 billion fiscal year 2025 budget on Thursday, and they will be back in Pierre later this month to consider overriding any vetoes and to officially adjourn.
 

Oral Roberts meets South Dakota in Summit League Tournament

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and South Dakota Coyotes meet in the Summit League Tournament. Friday’s meeting will be the third of the season between the two teams.
 
Senator John Thune, R-S.D., talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

South Dakota Sen. John Thune jumps into race to succeed McConnell as Senate leader

South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November.
 

Ihenacho scores 24, North Dakota knocks off South Dakota 95-66

Led by Tyree Ihenacho’s 24 points, the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks defeated the South Dakota Coyotes 95-66.
 

North Dakota hosts South Dakota following Thioune’s 31-point game

South Dakota faces the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks after Lahat Thioune scored 31 points in the Coyotes’ 88-68 victory against the North Dakota State Bison.
 
FILE - Sarah Zarr, left, from Students for Life of America, and Melanie Salazar, from the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, stand inside the Texas State Capitol Rotunda to protest an International Women's Day Sit-In for Abortion Rights, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The state of abortion access in the U.S. remains in flux with an accusation against Planned Parenthood in Missouri and a plan to educate doctors headed to the governor in South Dakota. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US

A judge in Montana ruled against restrictions in one of several developments this week on how abortion works in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
 

Thioune leads South Dakota against North Dakota

South Dakota visits the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks after Lahat Thioune scored 31 points in the Coyotes’ 88-68 victory over the North Dakota State Bison.
 

Thioune’s 31 lead South Dakota past North Dakota State 88-68

The South Dakota Coyotes defeated the North Dakota State Bison 88-68 on Thursday night led by Lahat Thioune’s 31 points.
 
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